Joanne Ernst

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Triathlon
United StatesUnited States 0 Joanne Ernst
Personal information
Date of birth 1958/1959
place of birth Calgary, Canada
societies
successes
1985 Winner of the Ironman World Championships
1986 3rd place Ironman World Championships
status
Resigned in 2003

Joanne Ernst (* 1958 / 1959 in Calgary ) is a former American triathlete and winner of the Ironman Hawaii (1985).

Career

In 1985, Joanne Ernst won the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championships) when it was last held as a purely amateur event without prize money in the absence of Sylvianne and Patricia Puntous , Julie Olson (the top 3 of the previous year) and other top athletes, all two Weeks earlier at the Longue Distance de Nice triathlon .

The following year, in October 1986, she crossed the finish line as the fourth woman, but was honored as third after Patricia Puntous was subsequently disqualified.

Joanne Ernst has been married to management expert Jim Collins since 1980 , whom she met at an eight-mile running event in the spring of the same year. Ernst and Collins were both students at Stanford University at the time . Ernst and Collins both continued to participate regularly in marathons and triathlon competitions. After she managed to place in the top ten in a well-attended competition despite poor swimming performance, Ernst confronted her husband a few weeks later, according to his statements in one of his books, with the statement that she believed she would win the Ironman Hawaii can. Both then left the university to enable Ernst a career as one of the first professional triathletes. Collins quit his job at Hewlett-Packard and acted as a manager of Ernst, organized sponsorship agreements and the like. a. with Nike and Budweiser .

Ernst later worked as a trainer at Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado . After the diagnosis of breast cancer in autumn 2002 and an operation in spring 2003, she stopped working at the end of the 2003 season. Another preventive operation followed in spring 2004.

Sporting successes

Triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
0Oct. 4, 1986 3 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 10:00:07
June 15, 1986 1 Bud Light US Triathlon Series United StatesUnited States Dana Point 02:05:28 before Carolyn Heins and Paula Newby-Fraser
Oct 26, 1985 1 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 10:25:22 With just 1:33 minutes ahead of second-placed Elizabeth Bulman, this win is still one of the tightest decisions in Hawaii.
0Oct 6, 1984 4th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 10:40:33

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tinley forges Ironman mark . In: Spokane Chronicle . October 28, 1985.
  2. ↑ Herbert Krabel: few thoughts from Mark Allen ( English ) In: slowtwitch.com . April 13, 2009.
  3. ↑ Puntous disqualified after apparend victory . In: The Gazette (Montreal) . October 20, 1986.
  4. ^ A b Adam Bryant: For This Guru, No Question Is Too Big In: New York Times May 23, 2009
  5. ↑ Jim Collins: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Others Don't . HarperCollins , New York 2001, ISBN 978-0-7126-7609-0 , pp. 116-117 .
  6. ^ Joanne Ernst Speaking the Quiet Truth
  7. ↑ Fairview coach shares performance tips . Archived from the original on May 6, 2002.
  8. ^ Hatch calls on Ernst again In: Daily Camera June 14, 2008
  9. ↑ Popular cross country coach taking a year off In: Daily Camera April 6, 2004
  10. ↑ Scott Molina Continues to Dominate Triathlon: With Victory, He Goes 5 for 5 in LA Regional Race; Ernst Is Women's Winner In: Los Angeles Times June 15, 1986
  11. ^ Joanne Ernst in action during the Bud Light Triathlon in Dana Point, California
  12. ↑ Kona History: 1985 Ironman Hawaii In Photos (page 16). June 26, 2014, accessed January 31, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Seriously, Joanne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH 1958 or 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Calgary